Ten-year stability of EEG biofeedback results for a hyperactive boy who failed fourth grade perceptually impaired class.

Abstract

Ten years ago, the first successful application of a clinical, private-practice based, EEG 14-Hz biofeedback training regimen for the treatment of learning disorders was performed by the author. After the 10-year-old boy, with presenting symptomatology including a developmental reading disorder, hyperactivity, and an educational classification of perceptually impaired, continued symptom free for a period of two years, his case was submitted for publication. Ten years after his termination from successful treatment, his ongoingly normal social and academic functioning is noted and his EEG brainwave signature examined and compared with a population of 24 "used-to-be" learning disabled, one-half of which had a pretreatment state including the educational classification of perceptually impaired. This 10-year follow-up confirms the long-term stability of the results of this EEG 14-Hz biofeedback regimen. Current findings on recent medical research identifying a major cerebral locus of dysfunction for hyperkinesis and how it supports the electrode placements of this clinical office setting regimen is also discussed.

• Authors: M A Tansey
• Journal: Biofeedback and self-regulation (Biofeedback Self Regul) Vol. 18 Issue 1 Pg. 33-44 (Mar 1993) ISSN: 0363-3586 [Print] United States
• PMID: 8448238 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity (therapy)
• Biofeedback, Psychology
• Child
• Electroencephalography (methods)
• Humans
• Learning Disabilities (therapy)
• Male